It will use changes in the degree of red coloration detected by satellites to track its quarry: a tiny shrimp smaller than ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Chase, probe, embrace, flex, push. It’s probably too much information, but that is how krill mate.The behavior was recorded ...

An ocean-going vessel from activists Sea Shepherd will call into Wellington later this week on its way to monitor the krill ...

"There's estimated to be about 300 million [metric] tons of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, which is the greatest biomass of a single wild animal species globally," Dr. Smith said. "They ...

Krill are the centre of the Southern Ocean food web above the seabed, sustaining penguins, seals and the world’s largest animals, including blue whales. These tiny creatures are also climate heroes, ...

Rod Downie, chief polar adviser at WWF-UK, said: “Antarctic krill are the superheroes of the Southern Ocean. These tiny, unsung heroes are the beating heart of the Southern Ocean, sustaining ...

Krill are just a few centimetres long fully grown, but are one of the most abundant animals on Earth Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny ...